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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to accelerate back to climb speed.
What happened: Climb speed was slower than the target during the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against climb speed target.
Arrival
Fly a stabilized approach and flare to touch down at the target point of 457 m.
What happened: Touchdown occurred past the normal point, landing 308 m beyond the target distance. This pattern typically reduces the margin available for stopping before the runway end.
Watch for: Watch touchdown point against the 457 m marker.
Fast at the threshold, normal flare, and the runway seems to refuse the aircraft. The instinctive fix - pushing it on - causes the next one. A fast aircraft forced onto the runway touches nosewheel-first or nearly so. The tell is a touchdown that feels soft followed by a bounce that steepens. Pilots fix the bounce recovery; the cause was the 10 knots at the threshold.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
wheel landing
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,853 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 765 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft departed Herlong Airport on runway 06, achieving liftoff after a takeoff roll of 137 m which represented 14 % of the runway length. Liftoff speed was recorded at 37 kt. Ambient conditions were 7 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 182°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and no head-wind.
Climbing commenced over Patton Village, California, with the aircraft ascending from 5,082 ft asl to 6,480 ft asl, an increase of 1,398 ft achieved in 2 minutes while covering 2 nm.
Cruise began 1 mile east of Herlong and continued for 40 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 64 nm at level flight.
Descent was initiated over Black Rock City Airport, Nevada, descending from 5,620 ft asl to 3,988 ft asl, a loss of 1,632 ft in 4 minutes and spanning 4 nm.
The final approach to runway 23L at Black Rock City Airport was flown from the southeast, on a heading of 234.0° at 0 nm and 84 ft agl.
Landing was executed on runway 23L, which is 1,853 m long and reported a good threshold height. The threshold speed was slightly below target at 43 kt. Touchdown occurred 384 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 40 kt, a touchdown rate of minus 47 fpm, and a runway touchdown position misaligned by 429.0 m from the centreline. Local weather at the time was 8 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 181°, a cross-wind of 1 kt and a head-wind of 1 kt.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to parking in 8 minutes, covering less than 1 nm on the ground.
In total, the flight covered 72 nm, required 54 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 0 kg of fuel.
The Savage Cub approached runway 23L at Black Rock City Airport from the south-east on a heading of 234.0 ° while 0 nm from the threshold and 84 ft AGL, with ambient temperature 8 °C, wind 2 kt at 181 °, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt head-wind.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft achieved a good threshold height and reduced speed to a threshold speed of 43 kt, noted as slightly below the target.
Touchdown occurred 384 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 40 kt, described as fast; the vertical rate was -47 fpm and was recorded as perfect, while the touchdown point was excessively misaligned by 429.0 m from the centreline.
The 76.6 % score indicates competent overall execution, but the large lateral deviation and the touchdown point beyond the zone warrant attention; concentrating on a tighter lateral track will help keep the touchdown within the intended zone and nearer the centreline.
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